Splicing device



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN CONRAD BASEL, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

SPLICING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,244, dated April 9,1889. Application filed October 15, 1338. Serial No. 288,165. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it 11mg concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN CONRAD BASEL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Galveston, in the county ofGalveston and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Splicing Devices; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to splicing devices for joining the adjacent ends.of distinct Wires; and its objects are, first, to make a perfect joinderbetween the wires without interweaving; second, to disjoin the adjacenttermini of the wires at will; third, to make the joint weather-proof andnot liable to disjoinder by corrosion; fourth, to provide readily formaking a permanent joinder when desired without interweaving the wires,and, fifth, to attain these ends with structural simplicity and economy.I accomplish these ends by means and in the manner illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents an elevation of myinvention adapted for a permanent joint. Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinalsection of the form of my invention when a temporary joint is desired.Figs. 4 and 5 indicate the respective modes of bending the termini ofthe wire according as a temporary or permanent joinder is to beeffected, and Fig. (3 is acrosssection of the construction shown in Fig.l.

The same designations indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

A represents a casing, of metal or other suit able material, with closedsides and open ends, and a represents the adjacent ends of two wireswhich enter the casing, respectively, at each end and on opposite sides,their ends being bent, respectively, up and down, so as to interlock, asat b and b. When the ends of the wire are so arranged, I bend the endsof the casing down close around the protruding wires, as at B, therebyclosing the ends and excluding dirt and moisture.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modified form of interlocking the ends, as at cand c.

l-Iavingthus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the adjacent ends of two wires bent so as tointerlock, of a casing, as A, surrounding said ends and having its endsbent in, as at B, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the casing A, of the wires a a, entering thecasing at the opposite sides of the respective ends and bent in oppositedirections, so as to interlock within the casing, said casing being bentdown, as at B, at each end, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CONRAD BASEL.

"Witnesses:

Or'ro BUEOHNER, EDW'ARD FUscHEUR.

